Gordian knot+C/o

"The Gordian knot" - the first time translated into Russian detective by Bernhard Schlink about the secrets of industrial espionage. In 1989, the novel was awarded the prestigious Friedrich Glauser and has since been reprinted several times and translated into different languages.
The former lawyer Georg Polger agrees to lead the translation Bureau in a small town in the South of France, the former chief of whom died under mysterious circumstances. At first things went well: profitable, passionate affair with the beautiful Francoise, Secretary of the business partner. But once George sees in her behavior strange thing, and the next day françoise disappears. George is willing to go to any length to get her back. But if he knows this then? Will he be able to untangle the Gordian knot, or will be solved with one stroke of his cut?

"Stylish, dynamic Noir novel Schlink, read in one breath".
Highland Park Public Library


"Not many authors detectives manage to create so thin, so ironically sarcastic stories, which come from the pen Schlink. Not many can boast such an accurate, easy-going, witty language."
Frankfurter Rundschau